Description
Financial Controller- Investment Management
Major Custodial Bank is looking to appoint an experienced Financial Controller to its team on an interim basis. The role will focus on a broad range of EMEA initiatives
Description
Point contact to the IM EMEA ExCo members with any matters related to finance, or ah-hoc MI or financial requests.
This includes:
- Attendance and accountability to following committees
- Risk & Compliance
- Projects
- Finance and Operations Committee, previously conducted through Finance Workshop with CEO and other ExCo members
- Board and Governance activities
- Attend following board meetings IM EMEA, MFM, SwissCo and MGM plus related branches of IM EMEA
- Support of year-end statutory audit and legal entity reporting matters
Provide first class financial and operational MI to LOB Management
- Develop institutional, wholesale and executive business division reporting
- Develop non-financial metrics to ascertain relative efficiencies of each part of the business
- Provide department heads with cost centre reporting which enables them to manage their individual expenditures in line with IM EMEA's overall strategy
Strategic Initiatives
- Become a key stakeholder with the project teams to provide financial support to strategic initiative modelling
Supporting IM EMEA Group reporting
- Support IM EMEA Group reporting in their Management Information requests
Monthly re-forecast
- Own and review monthly revenue forecasts
- Own and review monthly headcount and other expense forecasts
- Review commentary of major variances against prior forecast and plan
Month-end close
- Own the provision of financial information for IM EMEA
- Review causes of significant variances vs forecast, plan and prior month.
- Review the accuracy of the commentary provided by revenue and cost analysts and collaborate with the CAO group to strive for best practice accounting
Annual plan process
- Work with department heads to derive a new business plan for the following year
- Meet with cost centre managers to discuss expenses changes for the forthcoming year
- Work with HR to co-ordinate new staffing hires for following year
- Prepare detailed plan review packs to illustrate following years financials to senior management
Support of Global Distribution and other finance teams
- Global distribution support
- Report into and support of the Global Distribution CFO when required
- Strategy related matters
- Be main point of contact for all IM EMEA queries from the Central IM finance group
- Support any requests from central finance and the CAO group in relation to IM EMEA financials
Internal Capital Adequacy reporting and Liquidity Monitoring
- Manage the financial aspects of the IM EMEA capital adequacy and liquidity policies
Other
- Head Office returns and reports as required
- Ad hoc projects as requested
Staff Supervision/Leader
- Manage and develop of staff,
- Team development and build out a new team
- Finance workshops and team meetings
Qualifications
- Candidate should hold a professional accounting qualification
- Candidate must have experience of dealing with all levels of management
- Candidate must be comfortable working under pressure and to tight deadlines
- Candidates must possess excellent systems skills (in particular advanced excel knowledge)
If you wish to apply for the above position, please call me or email
Please be advised if you haven't heard from us within 24 hours then unfortunately your application has not been successful on this occasion, we may however keep your details on file for any suitable future vacancies and contact you accordingly.
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